legendary
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Let me just provide a quickie input.
I understand that OP is asserting that he is planning to buy in the ratios that he suggests on the next dip, but what the fuck is a dip, exactly? None of us know for sure, and therefore, you plan should be better than just dumping everything you got in at one point.. Any of us should have a bit better and a systematic plan over a certain period of time.
Yeah, I am o.k.... because I began to take my stake in bitcoin in late 2013, and i largely took the vast majority of my stake in bitcoin by 2014 - however, it still took me a year to establish what i considered to be a decent and working stake in bitcoin. Sure, my practice has evolved somewhat from then too, yet here it seems that the goal of OP is to take an initial stake in bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum, and he wants to totally take his stake upon "the next dip".. hahahahaha.. again whatever that "next dip" means?
What I suggest is taking that $12,500 and incorporating it into a better plan that either spans over 6 months or 12 months.
I think that 6 months would probably be fine, but each of us have our timeline issues and preferences in that regard.
So, if you have $12,500 spread over 6 months, then that is nearly $2,100 per month or $525 per week.
Also, if OP has any kind of income then the income can be considered into the matter too. For argument sake, since OP has been able to save $12.5k, let's just assume that OP is able to come up with $600 per month from income that he is able to put into crypto currencies. Therefore, he has $12.5k + $3,600 (6 x $600) = $15,100.
I would suggest dividing the $15.1k into 3 parts (that is $5,033 per part).
The first $5,033, he can decide whether he want to invest all of it on "the next dip),
The second $5,033, he should allocate on a dollar cost averaging basis - I have found weekly allocation to be good, and that would be approximately $210 per week (that is $5033 / 24 weeks)
The third $5,033, should be allocated per week too (which is $210 per week); however, only for the buying on subsequent weekly "dips" in the event that you feel it is a good "dip" then you buy, or otherwise you just fold that weekly $210 allocation into the next week or the next week or the next week. Frequently, ahead of time, you may not know for sure when there is a decent dip; however, you will also frequently have a decent feeling when there has been a "decent dip" that you are getting in (on that authorized allocation portion) at a "decent price"...
Anyhow, that is my nutshell suggestion concerning how to allocate over a 6 month period of time rather than throwing in the whole savings at any particular "dip" point.